Through thick and thin?
Tóm tắt
A good romantic relationship quality increases resilience against mental and physical health problems. Regarding correlates of relationship quality, research has focused mostly on attachment style and personality traits such as the Big Five. The current study aims to find further predictors of a good relationship quality, such as sleep, demographics, and the boundary concept. For the study, 336 subjects were recruited, most of them women (79.76%). Only participants who were in a relationship were included in the analyses (N = 216). The effects of sleep (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, PSQI), demographics, and thin or thick boundaries (Boundary Personality Questionnaire, BPQ) on relationship quality (Partnerschaftsfragebogen—Kurzversion, PFB-K) were assessed using multiple regression. Age and thickness of boundaries were significantly connected with relationship quality. Sleep quality, gender, body mass index, and accommodation were not related to relationship quality. The current study confirms the importance of age and provides new insight into the effects of boundaries in terms of relationship quality. Methodological limitations (e.g., homogenous and healthy sample) might compromise the findings regarding sleep. Future studies should include a more diverse sample and investigate further correlates of the boundary concept.
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